Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Melaleuca ringens
Myrtaceae Juss.
Melaleuca ringens Barlow , legitimate, scientific
Quinn, F.C., Cowley, K.J., Barlow, B.A. & Thiele, K.R. (7 September 1992), New names and combinations for some Melaleuca (Myrtaceae) species and subspecies from the south-west of Western Australia considered rare or threatened. Nuytsia 8(3): 346-347, figs 6a, 2h (map) [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Holotypus: Western Australia: Leeuwin Region: Point d'Entrecasteaux, 300 m below the lighthouse, 34°50'S 116°00'E, Cowley & Quinn 183 10.x.1988 (CANB 383963). Isotypi: AD, BRI, G, K, MEL, PERTH."
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet is derived from the Latin ringens (gaping), and refers to the very open fruit aperture."
Elliot, W.R. & Jones, D.L. (1993), Encyclopaedia of Australian plants suitable for cultivation 6: 360 APC [secondary reference]
misapplication: Melaleuca diosmifolia ‘Windy Harbour’ [default] by Elliot, W.R. & Jones, D.L. (1993), Encyclopaedia of Australian plants suitable for cultivation 6: 360
  • APC Dist.: WA
Craven, L.A. & Lepschi, B.J. (21 December 1999), Enumeration of the species and infraspecific taxa of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae) occurring in Australia and Tasmania. Australian Systematic Botany 12(6): 901 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 716-717 [secondary reference]